Delhi University releases its first cut-off list

New Delhi: The Delhi University on Wednesday announced its first cut-off list for the 2015 academic session with SRCC keeping its cut off for Economics at 98.25 percent.

The Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) set the percentage for Economics (Honours) at 98.25 percent, while the cut off for Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) was 97.375 percent for general category students.

The cut off set for B.Com (Honours) at Hindu College was 97.25 percent and 98 percent for Economic (Honours).

Kirorimal College set its percentage for Economics and Political Science at 98, while for B.Com (Honours), it was 97.25 percent. The college set a 91 percent threshold for the B.A. programme and 96.75 percent for English.

Lady Shri Ram College for Women kept a 98.25 percent for English, while it was 98 percent for B.Com (Honours), Economics and Psychology.

Another sought-after college for girls, IP College for Women decided 97 percent as the cut-off for three popular courses – B.Com, Psychology and English, while it was 98 percent for those choosing B.A. (Honours) Economics, 96 percent for the B.A. Programme, and 95.5 for B.A. (Honours) History.

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Hansraj College had 97.25 percent for B.Com (Honours) while it was 98 percent for Economics. The cut off for English was 97.5 percent, while it was 96 percent for History.

While Gargi College set a 97 percent for both English and B.Com (Honours), Miranda House set a percentage of 97.5 for its Economics and English courses, and 95.5 percent its B.A. Programme.

Among other South Campus colleges, Sri Venkateswara fixed its cut-off marks for B.A. (Honours) Economics at 97 percent, 95 percent for B.A. (Honours) English and 94.75 for B.A. (Honours) Political Science. Another South Campus college, Dyal Singh affixed its cut-off for B.A. (Honours) Economics at 95 percent, B.A. (Honours) English at 96 percent, and B.Com (Honours) at 96 percent.

Shaheed Bhagat Singh College kept an 85 percent for B.A. Programme, while the percentage for B.Com (Honours) at the college was 96.25 percent. The college’s cut off for Economics was set at 96.5 percent.

The university received 2,91,817 applications for the university’s 54,000 seats across 61 colleges.

English (Honours) received the maximum number of applications – 90,331, followed by B.Com – 71,505 and B.Com (Honours) – 68,866.

The university announced that there shall be no additional eligibility criterion for any category in any course.

JNU reacted to this report and attributed it to more sensitization in the varsity. Students are more aware and not afraid to report any kind of wrong behavior.

The university credited the committee for the increased sensitization. JNU has a committee named ‘Gender Sensitization Committee against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH)’ which is known for working in a fair, neutral and confidential manner.

A member of the GSCASH told The Hindu that the highest number of reported cases shows the extent of sensitization and response from the university. The report also has said that all the 51 cases were addressed.

The Delhi University’s reluctance to provide data has raised quite a few eyebrows as the varsity with lesser restrictions is more prone to untoward incidents.

In JNU, the sensitization has worked because students expressed solidarity with it. Moreover, a bulk on JNU students is mature as they are from the post-graduate courses. Other colleges and varsities mostly have undergraduate students.

While Delhi has been branded as unsafe for women but one has to admit that the perception about its universities has been good. Parents do not generally stop their children from going to Delhi for the purpose of education.

Though there are justifications behind JNU’s reaction to the report, but one expects that the number of cases on sexual harassment should go down considerably for proper implementation of the sensitization program.